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The Natural Stone Institute announces 2023 award recipients

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Oberlin, Ohio—The Natural Stone Institute (NSI) has named the winners of its three award programs for 2023. The Shahs soon realized that natural stone for residential and commercial usage had even higher market potential and redirected their efforts toward developing this sector of the industry.

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Natural Stone Institute announces new board members

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Oberlin, Ohio— The Natural Stone Institute (NSI) will welcome two individuals to its board of directors in January 2024. Dumais has been the sales and logistics manager of Miller Druck Specialty Contracting, Inc., The post Natural Stone Institute announces new board members appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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STATS: Tile sales decline, comeback looms large

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Continuing its downward trajectory, ceramic tile sales in 2020 experienced a low, single-digit decline in terms of overall dollar sales and similar declines in terms of volume. Ceramic tile sales in 2020 declined roughly 5%. of dollar sales for the gradually increasing hard surface market and 24.6% Department of Commerce.

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Feeling Groovy with Dimensional Tile

Architectural Ceramics

Breeze through each one; from natural stone and cement, to ceramic and glass, we offer dimensional tile in a range of material types. At AC, we have a soft spot this hard-surface natural stone dimensional tile that mixes warm texture with cool sophistication. Want to learn more about natural stone as a tile material?

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A Clean Slate: How Rough Slate Can Have a Clean Aesthetic

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Natural slate on a mountainside near Eltz Castle and the Mosel River in Rhineland, Germany. Brazil, for example is most known for it’s Brazilian Black slate. The cost is often a critique of natural slate. However, adding natural stone tile like slate adds value to any renovation. Designer Spaces.

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Exclusive: MSI sees opportunities amid challenges

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Overall, sales growth was a bright spot. MSI, just like everyone, got over-inventoried because we assumed sales would continue to grow. We have come a long way from being just a natural stone company. Turkey, has a problem, Brazil. During the year many new challenges as well as opportunities were presented to us.

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Meet MIA President, Dan Rea

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NOTE: In February 2015, Revista Rochas de Qualidade (Quality Rocks Magazine) – a leading stone trade magazine in Brazil – conducted an interview with MIA president Dan Rea. I am the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Coldspring (formally known as the Cold Spring Granite Company), in Cold Spring, MN USA.

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